plural mistranslations
Definition of mistranslation
: a mistake in translating : an incorrect translation
… suffers from a number of repetitive mistranslations that leave readers with a misleading understanding …— Lynn Ginsburg et al.
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The first known use of mistranslation was in 1651
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